The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-04-08
Trees Constitute the Cheapest
as Well as the Finest Orna.
ments for Prairie Farms.
Large Corn Crops Raised When the iii
mate Is Bad and the Soil Is Very Poor.
The cheapest ornaments.

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they generally seek to beautify them.
They erect buildings, on which they ex-
pend considerable money by way of
ornamentation. They build ornamental
fences about their hous1-yards, and
sometime in front of their farms. They
substitute well-made gates for bars in
the openings in fences, and lay out
walks through their grounds. The old
fashioned well-sweep gives place to a
tasty pump, and a trough provided with
a waste-pipe is substituted for the I'M
slightly half-hogshead. Not unfre-
quently ornamental bridges are built
over creeks and streams, nd the ditch
es by the side of the road are properly
sloped and kept free from sticks and
stones. More attention is given TO
keeping all the fields and pastures in
good order, so they will present an at
tractive appearance. In most cases
paint is applied to buildings and fences
with no sparing hand. The expendi-
ture of time and money in fixing up
the place so as to render il beautiful is
often quite large, and if the results OBJ
tanned are not the best possible they
are after all very good, as taste and
skill in decoration re only obtained by
careful study and cti4e.
Creditable as are the attempts of
farmers to beautify their places, it
must after all be acknowledged that
they could be directed in other ways to
much better advantage. Trees are the
cheapest as the most beautiful n
ments of country as we'll as of town
places. The original cost of them is
generally very small, and they are self
sustaining after they are once estab-
lished in their new positions. A large
sum is annually required to keep orna-
mental buildings, bridges, and fences
in repair. Paint wears off in a few
years, wooden fences rot, and wooden
bridges fall. Even brick crumbles and
most kinds of stone disintegrate. A
well constructed walk calls for con-
slant care and labor to keep it in good
condition. A read ditch requires at
tention to prevent it from becoming
unsightly. But trees ordinarily re-
pair the injuries that are done to them.
1uGy RION WlllC ObilCl GlhluRS uCCd1s
Their beauty increases while that of
most objects diminishes. No protec-
ton is required for their trunks and
branches. Their foliage presents fresh
colors every spring far more beautiful
and varied than any painter al apply.
In most places it changes in the fall
to be in harmony with the other OBJ
iects that comprise the landscape.
That of evergreens does not change, as
it is one of which the eye never tires.
The beautiful green needles of the pine,
fir, spruce, and hemlock stand out mid
the sunshine of June, the darkness of
December, and the gloom of March.
There is no occasion for changing the
perfection of beauty.
Deciduous trees give a charm in plac-
es even when their branches are de-
nuded Of foliage. Each variety has
some distinctive characteristic which
heightens the beauty of others both by
cooperation and contrast. The Sak,
ash, hickory, and walnut are always
grand and stately, while the elm. birch,
and willow are always graceful. Trees
form the most lasting attractions of any
place. They are the delight Of child
hood, the Joy of middle life, and the
solace Of old age. The memory of
them is carried to distant lands, and it
is always a pleasant one. A tree is
beautiful in every stage of its growth,
and it constantly grows in beauty from
the time the seed-sprout appears above
ground till its branches are stretched
' e rods of land. The most charming
places in city or country are those that
are beautified by trees. The roads on
which people most delight to ride are
those that are bordered by stately trees.
The most beautiful landscape is the one
that affords a view of the finest trees.
A solitary tree serves to break the mo-
notony of a prairie farm. a grove on
ii is what a fine picture is to a room.
A fine shelter belt is like an ornamental
border to a vegetable garden. Trees
attract s~ong-birds, which furnish con-
slant music during the summer months.
The greater variety of trees on a place.
the greater will be the variety of birds
that will seek them for the purpose of
building nests and rearing their young.
The best way to fit up q place with a
view of selling it at a large price is TO
set out beautiful trees in suitable
places. Trees are wanted by every
would be purchaser. 1t is impossible
to erect or ornament buildings that will
please the taste or satisfy the wants OF
all persons. Every person has his own
ideas about a house, barn, and other
farm buildings. If they buy a farm,
they are quite likely, if they have the
means, to make alterations in all the
buildings among the first things they
do. They will remove partitions, AND
erect new ones. They viii stop ar
some Of the doors, and put in new win
dows. They may change the construc.